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    3. 苦労人

    苦労人

    苦く労ろう人にん

    worldly-wise man

    KMT9News #33+1NounEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab17 strokes

    くろうにん

    Noun

    1.
    worldly-wise man

    Stroke 0 / 17

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    彼かれは若わかい頃ころから苦く労ろう人にんだった。

    He was a worldly-wise man from a young age.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かの女じょは多おおくの困こん難なんを乗のり越こえてきた苦く労ろう人にんだ。

    She is a worldly-wise person who has overcome many difficulties.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    苦く労ろう人にんだからこそ、他た人にんの痛いたみが理 解 できるのだろう。

    It's precisely because he's a worldly-wise person that he can understand others' pain.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    彼かれの人じん生せい経けい験けんは豊ほう富ふで、まさに苦く労ろう人にんと言いえる。

    His life experience is rich; he can truly be called a worldly-wise man.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    会かい社しゃの社しゃ長ちょうは苦く労ろう人にんとして知しられ、社しゃ員いんからの信しん頼らいも厚あつい。

    The company president is known as a worldly-wise person and is highly trusted by employees.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyBusiness & FinanceWork & Career

    Kanji that make up this word

    苦
    くる.しい・-ぐる.しい・くる.しむ・くる.しめる・にが.い・にが.る…(1)
    suffering・trial・worry・hardship・feel bitter…(1)
    労
    ろう.する・いたわ.る・いた.ずき・ねぎら・つか.れる・ねぎら.う…(1)
    labor・thank for・reward for・toil・trouble
    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
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